Print version: Schniedewind, William M. Social history of Hebrew : its origins through the Rabbinic period. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013] xiii, 261 pages The Anchor Yale Bible reference library ISBN 9780300176681
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language, land, and people: toward the history of classical Hebrew -- The origins of Hebrew: in search of the holy tongue -- Early Hebrew writing -- Linguistic nationalism and the emergence of Hebrew -- The democratization of Hebrew -- Hebrew in exile -- Hebrew under imperialism -- Hebrew in the Hellenistic world -- The end and the beginning of Hebrew.